New Testament
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The New Testament refers to the canonical Christian texts that were written after the death of Jesus. They consist of four (sometimes conflicting or divergent) accounts of the life of Jesus; the doings of his disciples after the resurrection; and the letters of itinerant preacher Paul to early Christian Churches. Paul interestingly manages to demonstrate the rare skill of totally changing his literary style for some 6 of those letters; six letters that oddly support Church dogma that did not yet exist, and would not for another 50-100 years. What a clever man. Harold Bloom considers it a great work of literature and considers Jesus one of the greatest literary characters every invented. Many scholars do not believe those that wrote it had ever met any historical Jesus, or that the character of Jesus is closely based on the historical Jesus or any other real person. Incidentally the New Testament was originally written in Greek while people close to events in first century Judea would more likely have used Aramaic or Hebrew. Muslims believe that the New Testament was superseded by the Final Testament, which they also call the Qur'an.[1]
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[edit] Canonization
The dictionary definition of "canon" is "an authoritative list of accepted books."
Ever since the first Christian texts were completed, bishops and other church officials have voiced their opinions about which texts merited inclusion in the New Testament, the opinion generally being a reflection of one's theological outlook. Gradually Bibles were assembled by tradition, and occasionally by decree, most from similar lists of accepted books.
The Western New Testament Canon was finally ratified by the Pope in 1443 and made an unconditional article of faith in 1546, although to this day there are significant Eastern canons that differ.
[edit] Books of the New Testament
[edit] Gospels
[edit] Acts
[edit] Pauline epistles
- Epistle to the Romans
- First Epistle to the Corinthians
- Second Epistle to the Corinthians
- Epistle to the Galatians
- Epistle to the Ephesians
- Epistle to the Philippians
- Epistle to the Colossians
- First Epistle to the Thessalonians
- Second Epistle to the Thessalonians
- First Epistle to Timothy
- Second Epistle to Timothy
- Epistle to Titus
- Epistle to Philemon
[edit] General epistles
- Epistle to the Hebrews
- Epistle of James
- First Epistle of Peter
- Second Epistle of Peter
- First Epistle of John
- Second Epistle of John
- Third Epistle of John
- Epistle of Jude
[edit] Revelation
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- The Formation of the New Testament Canon, Richard Carrier
- Greek New Testament - an ongoing Online Project that aims to present the reading of all extant manuscripts of the Greek New Testament in parallel.
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